FINC3013 Mergers and Acquisitions (University of Sydney): rated 3.5/5 overall across 7 reviews collected on USYD Wall.
FINC3013 is a University of Sydney course taught by the University of Sydney Business School in Finance. This page brings together its handbook details and what USYD students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 并购
Type: Undergraduate
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Finance
Faculty: The University of Sydney Business School
Level: Undergraduate Level 3
Handbook year: 2026
Mergers and acquisitions are a fundamental component of the corporate landscape. Students enrolling in this unit will study the economic and strategic drivers of corporate restructuring activity and their use in the design and analysis of restructuring transactions; evaluate the outcomes from restructuring transactions, both the theory-based explanations and the empirical tests of the theories; learn to identify and value synergies in a restructuring transaction using seve…
FINC3013 has 7 scored reviews: overall 3.5/5 · usefulness 3.3 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 4 StudentVIP reviews (average 3.3 stars); 3 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 3.7/5).
On Reddit: "Difficult enough that a distinction is a big achievement. Your group needs to be really good to do well in the group assignment. The individual assignment isn't too bad. The final exam is pretty difficult as well though, you need to be very good with maths and excel. If you have…"
On Reddit: "I've definitely gotten higher marks in accounting compared to finance. Hardest unit in accounting is probably the capstone acct3600 (audit), it just takes a lot of intuition which I just don't have lol. Or it might be Acct3011 (there is a lot of repetition, but a lot of like sma…"
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Q: Is FINC3013 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 7 reviews: usefulness 3.3/5, overall 3.5/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches FINC3013, and when is it offered?
A: FINC3013 is taught by the University of Sydney Business School. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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